Vegan Cherry Almond Pie
My Mom asked me if I could make a Vegan Cherry Almond Pie around Christmas, and so I was happy to come up with one! Cherries are kind of festive after all with their pretty red color and I can’t even remember the last time I made cherry pie so it sounded really good. Also […]
Vegan Pumpkin Apple Pie
Pumpkin and apple pie are both Thanksgiving essentials as far as I’m concerned. My Grandma always served both, along with pecan pie and when I was little I would always have a little slice of each. This year I made some pecan baklava for thanksgiving but I also wanted to have pumpkin and apple pie, […]
Vegan Blueberry Maple Pie
Although autumn is just around the corner and I’m excited for those flavors, I’m holding onto the last bits of summer. There are still strawberries on the plant on my deck, and we just went blueberry picking a few weekends back so I’m not quite ready to say goodbye to berries quite yet. Last weekend […]
Vegan Peach Pie Bars
I had a bunch of peaches that I needed to use up and peach pie sounded good, but I wanted something that was more easily shareable so I decided on Vegan Peach Pie Bars instead! Peach pie is so good in the summer! When I make it, I like to give it a crumble topping […]
Vegan Chocolate Chip Pecan Pie Bars
I can not believe how fast this Fall is going. It seemed like it had just started, and now it is dark outside early, the leaves have fallen off the trees and we are way into November and Thanksgiving is this week! So I am thinking about the Thanksgiving desserts. I don’t usually make pecan […]
Winter Vegetable Lentil Pie
Christmas snuck up so fast this year, I can’t believe I am already posting my Christmas food! I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season so far! Normally I make lasagna for Christmas but I decided to make something different this year. I have always wanted to make a savory pie for Christmas […]
Vegan Chocolate Pecan Mousse Pie
Growing up, for Thanksgiving my Grandma always had pumpkin, pecan and apple pie for dessert. I would always take a slice of each, but the pecan was my favorite. It was my Grandma’s favorite and Mom’s favorite too, although there was always more left of it at the end because some of my family does […]
Vegan Peach Galette
I have been all about the peaches lately. I made some peach scones and peach ice cream last week, and I have been eating them like crazy plus I made this peach galette. I was craving a peach pie, but I didn’t want to go through the extra effort to make one, so […]
Vegan Key Lime Pie
I have always loved key lime pie. When I was little my Mom and I would order it at restaurants when we saw it on the menu or occasionally make our own. It had to be the perfect balance of tart and sweet though, maybe a little more on the tart side and have […]
Vegan Caramel Pistachio Tart
My Mom’s Birthday is in a few days and this year she requested a caramel nut tart. Pecans are good, but you know what’s even better and prettier for spring? Pistachios! I have a funny story about them too. Back when I was in high school and I went shopping with my Mom […]
Vegan White Chocolate Strawberry Cream Pie
When I was little, there was this strawberry silk pie from Baker’s Square that they would have around Valentine’s Day that I just loved. My Dad had gotten one a few times and it was sooo good! It had a creamy strawberry layer, plenty of whipped cream on top, and pink white chocolate curls. I […]
Mini Vegan Bourbon Pecan Tartlettes
This year for Thanksgiving instead of making one giant pie, I decided to make mini pecan tartlettes. My family really hasn’t had big gatherings for Thanksgiving in years, since my Grandparents stopped being able to host years ago so we have always tried to keep it simple. Now that both of my grandparents are now […]
Chocolate Pecan Pie Cups
It was incredibly nice last weekend, so I didn’t spend much time in the kitchen. Instead, I spent lots out time outdoors, because how often is it 70F degrees in November?! But we got snapped back to reality yesterday when it rained all day, then today when it snowed a few inches, plus ice pellets. […]
Individual Vegan Apple Pies
I have been enjoying lots of apples lately since we went to the apple orchard a couple of weekends ago. Nothing beats a fresh Minnesota apple as far as I am concerned, especially for apple pie! I made some last week, because I have been craving it and finally had the time. My Mom always […]
Vegan Pumpkin Pie Pop-Tarts
When Eric and I were walking through Target last week, some pumpkin pie pop tarts caught my eye. Now mind you, I have never really liked pop-tarts, I always thought they tasted sort of fake and not anything like real pastry with overly sweet filling. The only ones I would tolerate were […]
Vegan Cream Cheese Apple Pie Bars
I know it isn’t technically fall yet, but the weather has been feeling more like fall, and I am super excited about enjoying all of the delicious fall foods. Especially the sweet ones involving pumpkin apples and spices. I am looking forward to visiting the apple orchards soon! I was gifted some apples and was […]
Vegan Blackberry Crumble Pie
I haven’t had more than a few days of vacation here and there for at least two years. I have also been working all throughout the quarantine since I am an essential worker, so not a lot of time off then, so when I had an opportunity to go on a road trip vacation with […]
Vegan Lemon Cream Pie
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend! Saturday we had beautiful warm weather here, but for Easter Sunday it was snowing and just pretty slushy and cold which was a bit weird, but it didn’t stop me from getting outside for a walk with Eric in the afternoon. It was a bit […]
Vegan Chocolate Banana Cream Pie
About 10 years ago, there was a really good local upscale restaurant (that has sadly since closed) that my Mom and I would visit often, and they had amazing banana cream pie. I can’t say that I had eaten much banana cream pie before I had it there, but after I had tried it, I […]
Vegan Chocolate Almond Mousse Tarts
I am in a chocolate dessert sort of mood lately. Maybe it is because Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and chocolate just feels right, or because eating chocolate seems to make me forget about winter. Anyways, I decided that I needed something chocolaty last week, and since I had already recently made brownies […]
Vegan Chocolate Hazelnut Silk Pie
Pumpkin, pecan and apple were always staples at Thanksgiving growing up, and I made pumpkin and apple pies before Thanksgiving this year earlier in the season, but this year I decided to make a chocolate hazelnut pie specifically for Thanksgiving. I was thinking something similar to French silk pie but with hazelnut because chocolate sounded […]
Vegan Apple Pie Cookies
Last Sunday Eric and I visited the apple orchard with our friends. It pretty much tradition for every Minnesotan to do so (well at least everyone I know). Plus, Sunday was a beautiful fall day and the trees are at their peak colors so it was the perfect day to visit. Also, it has been […]
Vegan Spiced Peach Hand Pies
We are kind of in between summer and fall right now. The weather can’t seem to decide since we have gone from cool and 50F degrees and raining to sunny and nearly 80 within a few days. Don’t get me wrong, I love summer but I am really excited for fall and that chill in […]
Vegan Raspberry Lavender Pie Cookies
Raspberries are my all time favorite fruit. Maybe because they are somewhat abundant here in Minnesota and I ate a lot of them as a kid. Or because they have a season limited to a couple of months here so they also seem somewhat special. Yes, you can buy them year round shipped in from […]
Vegan Peanut Butter and Dark Chocolate Pop Tarts
So last weekend I decided to make some chocolate peanut butter pop tarts. I know I just made raspberry pop tarts last week, but a friend asked me if I could make some involving chocolate too, so I couldn’t resist making them again. The other ones were so good after all and I did love […]
Vegan Raspberry Pop-Tarts
It was hard for my Mom to get me to eat breakfast when I was little. I just wanted to go to school or daycare and hated cereal so I would either eat Nutrigrain bars or Pop-Tarts so I didn’t have to sit down and take a lot of time to eat. The Raspberry Pop-Tarts […]
Vegan Key Lime White Chocolate Mousse Tart
I was given a big bag of organic limes and so I thought it was the perfect time to make some key lime pie! Me not being one to make things just the same traditional way as everyone else though, decided to make a key lime white chocolate mousse tart instead. It would be like […]
Mini Avocado Lime Cream Tartlettes
I had a bag of limes on my counter just waiting to be used for something and key lime pie sounded really good, but I didn’t want to make a giant key lime pie just for myself and it seemed like maybe a lot of work for the energy level I had at the time. […]
Maple Almond Chocolate Mousse Tart
When I was in high school, my friend gave me a dessert book, and some of the recipes in it quickly became staples. One of which was a super simple chocolate mousse. You just whipped up chilled heavy cream, then poured melted dark chocolate into it while whisking and it created the most deliciously rich […]
Vegan Caramel Cashew Tart
About 10 years ago for Easter I made this amazing caramel cashew tart. I had made it because my Mom loves anything similar to pecan pie with nuts and caramel baked into a crust and cashews seemed more Spring like than pecans so that is what I chose. It had loads of butter and cream […]
Vegan Caramelized Citrus Galette
Now that we are past the shortest day of the year, and we are into January, I feel like things are looking up. Not that the Holidays were bad or anything. I am just one of those people who likes to not have to worry about too many plans in a short period of time, […]
Vegan Chocolate Hazelnut Swirled Pumpkin Pie
I made a double chocolate pecan pie last weekend, and saved half in the freezer for Thanksgiving, and I thought I should make a pumpkin pie too, since it wouldn’t be right not to have both. I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid, I thought that the dessert was the […]
Vegan Double Chocolate Pecan Pie
One important tradition for Thanksgiving in my family is pecan pie. I know pumpkin and apple are the most popular, but my Grandma and Mom’s favorite pie was always pecan. I have to agree. It is pretty decadent and delicious and I consider it special because I only got to enjoy it for Thanksgiving. No […]
Vegan Maple Brandy Apple Hand Pies
I am so ready for Fall. It was still 90F degrees here this weekend, and it still feels like Summer, but you can tell that Fall is starting to creep in. Some of the trees are just starting to change color or drop their leaves and it has been cooler at night. There is nothing […]
Vegan Strawberry Pop-Tarts
I was kind of a picky eater when I was little when it came to normal quick breakfast foods. I didn’t like cereal or milk, I didn’t like oatmeal (which is funny because now, that is what I eat, and I have done so for the last 15 years), and I wasn’t much for regular […]
Vegan Blueberry Pie Cookies
I made some apple pie cookies a while back and they were really good, so when I had some leftover blueberry jam, I thought it would be fabulous in some mini pie cookies! It is Summer after all, the season of blueberries! I love any type of fruit pie, but I don’t always want to […]
Vegan Peach Streusel Pie
We don’t grow peaches here in Minnesota, so every Summer, they are like a treat. At least to me, because there is nothing like a perfectly ripe, sweet peach. Funny because when I was little, I wasn’t as big of a fan of them since I had only had the canned ones in peach pies […]
Vegan Summer Chocolate Berry Tartlettes
One of my favorite parts of Summer is the berries! And, luckily the wild raspberries are growing like crazy around here this year! Every time Eric and I go out for a walk practically we find more ripe ones to pick. I guess I consider berries special because it is only this time of the […]
24 Fabulous Vegan Pie Recipes
When it comes to desserts, pie is one of my top three. I mean, you can have so much variety when it comes to ingredients, textures and flavors! There are cream pies, fruit pies, nut pies. All delicious in their own sort of way. Just when I think I have a favorite I make a […]
Vegan Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
When I was little, my Mom and I used to go to this local 50s style diner restaurant that had the best strawberry rhubarb pie. It was amazing. The perfect balance of tart and sweet, with plenty of jammy filling and a flaky crust. I have had plenty of other ones that were just sub […]
Vegan Strawberry Margarita Pie
I am not used to the humidity here yet. We basically went from Winter (18 inches of snow) to Spring for a few weeks right into hot Summer weather. I really prefer moderate weather like 45 degrees in the morning and a high of 70 degrees or lower in the afternoon which is why I […]
Vegan Strawberry Lemon Cream Cheese Galette
It is the little things in life that make me happy. For instance, when I went out for a run on Friday I was a bit tired and sluggish, but my spirits were quickly lifted. The lilacs were starting to bloom. Let me tell you, that is one of my favorite times of the […]
Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pie
I am one of those types of people that would make a batch of cookies just to eat the dough and not actually bake it. Because the dough is my favorite part! Usually when I make cookies, I do eat more dough than the baked cookies (I share them), just because there is just something […]
Vegan French Silk Pie
When I was little, French silk pie was one of my favorite things ever. Luscious mousse like chocolate filling covered in fluffy whipped cream and chocolate it was heavenly! And, at that point in my life I would always choose a cream pie over a fruit one any day. They are about equal now, but […]
Vegan Peanut Butter Banana Cream Pie
I think banana cream pie is an under rated dessert. I mean, apple pie, pumpkin pie and key lime pie get all of the attention. Don’t get me wrong, I love all of those pies, and I love pie in general but banana cream pie is bomb, and I don’t see it around very often. […]
Vegan Sweet Potato Pecan Pie
We always had 3 different types of pie at Thanksgiving gatherings at my Grandparent’s house when I was little. It was always apple, pecan and pumpkin. I would always take some of each as was tradition, but really the pecan was my favorite. It was my Mom’s favorite and my Grandma’s favorite too, so maybe […]
Vegan Triple Layer Chocolate Pumpkin Pie
I do my best thinking on my runs. Which is why they are so important and an essential part of my life. If I am trying to sort out a problem, it is a good time to just be inside my own head and try and figure out a way to fix it. Or, maybe […]
Vegan Vanilla Maple Bourbon Apple Pie
I feel like sometimes people are a bit prejudiced against vegans. I mean, how could you dislike someone that genuinely cares about all life so much that they won’t eat things or use things that harm animals or other creatures? Well yes, I know a few vegans sometimes come across as too preachy and in […]
Vegan Cardamom Pear Almond “Cream Cheese” Pie
Back when I was in college, one of my favorite things ever was roasted pears. It might not sound that exciting, but boy were they ever good! I know most people choose apples over pears for things like pies and roasting, but the sweet pears tasted amazing once baked to spiced caramelized perfection. I have […]
Vegan Blueberry Pop-Tarts
Pop-tarts were all the rage when I was little. I remember a few of my friends bringing them to school for a snack every morning, and begging my Mom to get some. My Mom let me get some, but I wasn’t allowed to have too many, because she tried to get me to eat healthier. […]
Vegan Cream Cheese Plum Galette
I love making (and eating mostly) fruit pies, but I am also lazy at times. Don’t get me wrong, I am a really hard worker when it comes to running, or work or things I said I would do for other people, but when it comes to pie, and it is a weeknight, I will […]
Vegan Snickers Pie
People always ask me why on earth I make my own Birthday cake. Well, it is simple. I can’t get the kind of cake I want anywhere, and I actually enjoy making my own. I mean, where around where I live can I get a refined sugar free vegan dessert with no cheater ingredients? Probably […]
Vegan Raspberry Rhubarb Cream Cheese Pie
I got a bunch of rhubarb from my Dad’s garden recently and made some strawberry rhubarb wine, but I decided that a dessert featuring rhubarb sounded really good as well. I usually just go with the classic strawberry rhubarb combination, probably because one of my favorite things growing up was when my Grandma made strawberry […]
Vegan Blackberry Vanilla Cream Tart
My Mom used to make these amazing fruit tarts with a cream cheese filling and fresh fruit topping, usually berries in the Summer. They were so delicious! I think that was one of my favorite desserts growing up, and I would never turn one down. Not that I ever turned down a dessert. But berries […]
Vegan Strawberries and Cream Pie
I used to love Strawberry Shortcake as a child. I am talking about the girl Strawberry Shortcake, not the dessert. The one that was popular in the 1980s and early 90s when I was little. She had it all as far as I was concerned. She was cute, she lived in a cute little […]
Vegan Grasshopper Pie
When I was little, my Mom and I used to go to this local diner that was 50s themed, and I would always insist on ordering grilled cheese and either a malt or strawberry rhubarb pie. The pie was amazing, but the grasshopper malt was super delicious! Dreamy mint ice cream in liquid form with […]
Vegan Mini Chocolate Cinnamon Pecan Pies
Ever since Thanksgiving, when I had made a really good pecan tart with chocolate chunks and coconut, my Mom has been asking me to make her a pecan pie or tart with cinnamon and dark chocolate. Well, I did not get it made for Christmas. Luckilly there were plenty of other good desserts to go […]
Vegan Pumpkin Cream Cheese Pie
I can not believe how beautiful it has been here lately! It was 60F degrees yesterday, and normally it is 40. I will take it, the snow will fly here soon enough! It is Minnesota after all. So, I took full advantage yesterday, a nice 10 mile run to enjoy the beautiful morning and rising […]
Mini Vegan Pumpkin Pies
Monday I went for a 24 mile bike ride in the morning to enjoy the scenery and give my legs a rest from running. It is just gorgeous here this time of the year! The trees are all sorts of different colors, and when the wind blows they flutter to the ground like confetti. Not […]
Vegan Caramel Apple Galette
The weather has been just glorious here lately! I am loving these cooler crisp fall mornings and warmer sunny afternoons. To be honest I wish it could be like this year round. 40-50F degrees in the morning and 60-70F degrees in the afternoon is awesome! Sunday was just like that. It was nice and cool […]
Vegan Hazelnut Crusted Apple Pie
I ran my second race of the season Friday, and it was a bit challenging, but I like a challenge. The course was not fast and flat like the previous one I had done, and I had gone into this thinking I was going to break my time from a few weeks back because I […]
Vegan Blueberry Cream Cheese Galettes
I hope you all had a good weekend, I certainly did! Usually every year I go to the Minnesota State Fair, but Eric and I are both not wishing to spend a lot of money lately and it ends up costing a lot, so we decided to go on another fun outing instead. What […]
Vegan Black and Blue Berry Cheesecake Pie
Cheesecake anything always gets me going. From the time I was little I would always choose cheesecake over any other dessert hands down. There is just something crave worthy about the texture and flavor of it. For a while when I was in college I would buy a piece of cheesecake from the local co […]
Vegan PB & J Pop-Tarts
I was never much of a fan of pop-tarts when I was little truth be told, especially not the fruit ones, they tasted artificial to me. Probably because there was loads of sugar and artificial ingredients. The only ones I kind of liked were the cinnamon sugar. I did however love pie and pastries, just […]
Vegan Mixed Berry Pie with Pecan Crumble Topping
Berries make me think of summer. Eric and I always pick the wild raspberries and mulberries that we come across on our walks, as sort of a little sweet treat. They are kind of special, like little jewels in the forest because you don’t see that many of them, and they are only around for a short time. […]
Vegan Lemon Blackberry Cream Pie
I got my hands on loads of lemons and all could think of that I wanted to make was pie. Lemon meringue sounded wonderful, since I love that tart lemon curd filling, and billowy cloudlike meringue frosting, but so did lemon cream pie with some sort of berries. In the end, the lemon cream won because […]
Vegan Mini Raspberry Fig Hand Pies
I love any sort of pie with a flaky crust, filled with fruit, and sometimes I just want a little 2 bite serving. Enter: the mini hand pie. I kind of wanted pie, and I kind of wanted cookies, so I made little pies that were the size of cookies. Mini hand pies. 2-4 bites […]
Vegan Kumquat Raspberry Galette with Pecan Crust
Kumquats are like nature’s little sweet tarts. They are so delicious, especially to me because I love anything that makes my lips pucker a little bit. I remember when I first bought some years ago in college. I am always buying any sort of new and unusual fruits or veggies that I have not tried […]
Raw Mini Caramel Apple Tartlettes
Apple crumble and apple pie are one of my favorite desserts this time of the year. And I was craving some hard core this week. So, I had to make something to satisfy that craving of course! I did not however want to bake one, I wanted this to be a raw dessert. I have been […]
Vegan Cranberry Orange Hand Pies
I am still on my wanting to make some sort of pie every week kick. But I don’t want to be boring and make the same thing twice, so I decided to try something new. Just pure cranberry pie. You know, cranberries are usually mixed with something else like apples, or pears or whatnot, but […]
Vegan Cranberry Pear Pie with Walnut Crumble Topping
When I was little, I thought cranberries came in a can, jiggled and nothing more. I was not a big fan, and usually didn’t take any on Thanksgiving. They just seemed to me like they were part of the tradition but nobody really ate them. Thank goodness I have since been exposed to good cranberries. […]
Vegan Mini Chocolate Hazelnut Tarts
I was thinking all day Monday about what I wanted to make that night and I was sorta stumped. I knew I wanted something dessert, and I knew I wanted to make something new that I hadn’t made before but I could not think of what. Lots of things sounded good to me. My mind […]
Vegan Apple Raspberry Pie with Almond Streusel Topping
My Mom recently told me about a pie she had enjoyed at a restaurant that was so good. It was an apple raspberry pie with an almond crumble topping. It sounded so good to me, that I decided I wanted to enjoy some too, so I decided to create one myself. Apples are plentiful […]
Vegan Mini Pecan Pies
Pecan pie was always my Mother and Grandmother’s favorite dessert when it came to Thanksgiving desserts. My Grandma would always serve apple, pumpkin and pecan, and the pecan was always the pie that had some left over because most people in my family are not huge nut fans and prefer the apple and pumpkin. I […]
Vegan Butternut Squash Apple Pie
Eric recently made his own pumpkin pie from scratch (like roasting the pumpkins and all). His turned out so cute, he made mini ones, and it made appreciate the fact that he can bake if he wants to. I can’t say I can say that about any other guys I have had in my life […]
Vegan Roasted Squash and Black Bean Pot Pies
I got my last CSA box of the season and it had some really good stuff in it. Most of all, the butternut squash, black beans, and tomatillos. Those 3 ingredients were just begging to be used in some sort of delicious Mexican inspired dish for dinner. Mondays are my day off, so that […]
Vegan Firecracker Apple Pie
One of my coworkers said to me a few days back “I don’t know how you have the energy to do all that baking you do.” The truth is though, baking is relaxing to me. The main things that really relax me are running (well more afterwards after I have gotten out all my frustrations […]
Vegan Cream Cheese Apple Galette
Last Friday, I decided to face my fears and run a race. I haven’t ran a race in 4 years. Yes, I run all the time, I haven’t stopped with that. It is a source of joy and makes me feel good and gives me time to think every morning and relieve stress before it […]
Vegan Peanut Butter S’mores Mousse Pie
I have been wanting to make a s’mores pie for quite some time now. Ever since I discovered aquafaba marshmallows a few months back. Pie making has become my Friday night thing to do lately, so last Friday I decided I needed to make this pie I had been dreaming about. Eric loved the idea […]
Vegan Mango Nectarine Pie with Almond Oat Crust
Philippians 4:6 “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.” This is the verse I so often forget and yet need to hear. It is when things don’t go so smoothly in life, and it feels like things are falling apart that […]
Vegan Blueberry Pluot Galette with Hazelnut Oat Crust
I was really craving some blueberry pie last week. But I had two problems. First, not enough blueberries to make a whole pie, and second, not enough time to make a pie. Because all that rolling and chilling and shaping, then waiting an hour for it to bake…yeah I did not have time. But I got […]
Raw Peanut Butter and Jelly Cream Pie
Today I turn 30. But I still feel 21. I know I have done a lot of growing up in the last 10 years, but I don’t think I will ever think of myself as my actual age. I still enjoy things like wearing Hello Kitty Bandaids, running through sprinklers (even if it is during […]
Vegan Double Berry Rhubarb Galette
I have been really craving pie lately. A delicious fruit pie with a jammy filling, crisp rich crust, and sweet fruit inside. I’m not very picky when it comes to the fruit. It is all good…peaches, cherries, berries. They all are amazing in a pie in my opinion. So, I made a sort of pie […]
Raw Raspberry Dream Pie
Cream pies are the perfect thing for summer as far as I am concerned. But I guess I consider them somewhat of a special thing to make since I don’t make the often. There was no special occasion last weekend, but I decided to make it special and make a cream pie. Raspberry cream pie […]
Vegan Strawberry Rhubarb Mini Pies with Lemon Crust
I had tons of strawberries and tons of rhubarb on hand last weekend, and I had a serious craving for strawberry rhubarb pie. So I had to make some. Strawberry rhubarb pie has been a favorite of mine ever since I had it in a diner with my Mom when I was about 5. That […]
Raw Matcha Coconut Cream Pie
Matcha coconut lattes are amazing, and one of my favorite warm drinks lately. If I want something a bit jazzier than tea since I don’t drink coffee they do the trick. The sweet flavor of the coconut along with the earthy matcha is simply heavenly! Which got me to thinking, a coconut cream pie with […]